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Letters and Responses

On this page, the OGP Support Unit regularly posts documents that have been addressed or circulated to Steering Committee members, if applicable, responses from the Steering Committee or the OGP Support Unit.

All letters sent to the OGP Steering Committee should be addressed to the current Lead Co-Chairs:

Óscar López Águeda
Minister for Digital Transformation & Public Function
Government of Spain

Cielo Magno
President
Bantay Kita-PWYP Philippines

If you have further questions please direct them to the Support Unit at [email protected].

DateSenderSubjectResponse (if applicable)
March 2025U.S. Civil Society OrganizationsLetter Regarding the U.S. Government’s Participation in OGPApril 15, 2025: Response from OGP CEO
December 2024Government of MexicoUpdate on Mexico’s OGP’s process
November 2024Government of DenmarkLetter informing OGP of Denmark’s withdrawal from OGP
March 2023Government of MaltaLetter of recommitment to OGPResponse from OGP CEO on behalf of C&S Chairs
December 2022Government of LuxembourgLetter informing OGP of Luxembourg’s withdrawal from OGPOGP’s Response to Luxembourg’s withdrawal
November 2022Government of the United KingdomUpdate on UK OGP ProcessResponse from OGP CEO, Sanjay Pradhan, to Minister Burghart (December 20, 2022)
October 2022UK Open Government Civil Society NetworkRequest for consideration of UK’s OGP membership statusResponse from OGP Support Unit on behalf of Criteria & Standards Co-Chairs
August 12, 2022Government of KosovoRequest for Consideration of OGP MembershipSeptember 23, 2022: Response from Sanjay Pradhan, OGP CEO; November 14, 2022: Response from GL
March 21, 2022Civil Society of El SalvadorEl Salvador civil society response to draft inactivity resolution (Spanish | English (unofficial translation))n/a
January 10, 2022Government of IsraelRequest to postpone submission of Israel OGP action planFebruary 22, 2022: Acknowledgement and letter informing of process
September 24, 2021Civil Society OrganizationsRequest to Co-Chairs on addressing COVID-19 emergency powers at OGP Global Summitn/a
January 21, 2021Mexico – Civil SocietyMessage to OGP SC from the Core Group of Civil Society about the probable disappearance of INAI (English | Spanish)January 27, 2021: Response from Sanjay Pradhan, OGP CEO
October 23, 2020Core Group of Civil Society Organizations of the Open Government Partnership in MexicoLetter from Mexican Civil Society about the participation in the commitment ‘Transparency for monitoring and vigilance of trusts’ (Mexico’s 4th OGP Action Plan) (English | Spanish)October 28, 2020: Response from Sanjay Pradhan, OGP CEO
March 10, 2020OGP Civil Society Leaders Statement of Significant Concern on Guatemala Decree No. 4-2020n/a
February 24, 2020Government of JamaicaConfirmation of commitment to submit Action PlanMarch 5, 2020: Acknowledgement and letter informing of SC resolution; July 23, 2020: Notice of extension due to COVID-19 restrictions
February 21, 2020Acción Ciudadana; Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Fiscales;Red CiudadanaLetter from Guatemala CSOs to the OGP Steering Committee regarding Decree No. 4-2020n/a
December 2019Government of Trinidad & TobagoLetter informing the Government of Trinidad and Tobago of its withdrawal from OGPn/a
October 2019Government of the Republic of KoreaSouth Korea Candidacy Note for Co-Chair Rolen/a
June 28, 2018Government of MontenegroLetter of commitment to developing an OGP action planJune 28, 2018: Criteria and Standards response
December 18, 2017Government of Bosnia and HerzegovinaUpdate on the government actions towards full OGP participation 
September 21, 2017OGP Support UnitLetter informing the Government of Turkey of its withdrawal from OGP 
August 17, 2017Government of TanzaniaLetter informing the Support Unit on the decision to withdraw from OGPSeptember 22, 2017: OGP Support Unit Letter of Support to Kigoma Uijiji Municipality
September 12, 2017 – OGP Co-chair response
June 22, 2017Government of MontenegroLetter requesting extension for action plan submittalJuly 10, 2017 Letter informing inactivity; Steering Committee Resolution
May 23, 2017Mexico – Civil SocietyStatement on government surveillance of civil society actors and withdrawal from the national OGP platform  June 14, 2017: Steering Committee response on withdrawal of Mexican civil society from national OGP platform
September 19, 2017: Update from Mexican civil society
April 29, 2016Multiple civil society organizationsOpen letter from 64 CSOs on how to strengthen OGPJuly 29, 2016: Steering Committee response letter to CSO letter of April 29, with corresponding concept note
March 28, 2016OGP Steering CommitteeOGP civil society co-chairs statement condemning recent murders in Honduras and urge government to protect civic space
January 2016Co-Chairs of the OGP Steering CommitteeLetter regarding the participation of Taiwan in OGP
November 1, 2015OGP Steering CommitteeCo-chair statement clarifying the presence of the Transparency and Accountability Initiative on the the Steering Committee
October 9, 2015Access Info EuropeLetter from Spanish CSOs on the OGP Process in Spain (Amended letter. Original sent on October 5, 2015) 
September 29, 2015OGP Steering CommitteeOGP Civil Society Co-Chairs Call on President Rousseff to Protect Brazil CGU
August 20, 2015Peru – Civil SocietyLetter from Peruvian CSOs on the OGP Process in Peru
July 8, 2015Co-Chairs of the OGP Steering CommitteeLetter regarding the participation of Kosovo in OGPn/a
February 21, 2015OGP Steering CommitteeOGP Civil Society Co-chairs Statement on the General Transparency Law in Mexico
November 11, 2014OGP Steering CommitteeOGP Steering Committee Statement on Montenegro IRM Researcher
July 11, 2014Brazil – Civil SocietyOpen Letter from Coalition of Brazilian CSOs on the OGP Process in BrazilJuly 21, 2014 – Government of Brazil’s Response to Open Letter from Brazilian CSOs
December 17, 2013Multiple civil society organizationsStatement of Concern on Disproportionate Surveillance signed by 110+ civil society groups.
April 24, 2013OGP Support Unit2013 OGP Eligibility Scores for all countries
February 21, 2013OGP Steering CommitteeStatement from the OGP Steering Committee clarifying  the OGP’s role in assessing country performance 
February 11, 2013Centre for Law and Democracy and Institute of Freedom of InformationOpen letter from the Centre for Law and Democracy and the Institute for Freedom of Information on FOI bill in the Philippines February 13, 2013: Government of the Philippines  response 
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